What Is Behçet's Disease
Behçet's (BAY-sets) disease is an iness that ases symptms in vais pats f the bdy. The me mmn symptms inde ses in the mth and n the genitas (sex gans). Me seis symptms an inde infammatin (sweing, heat, edness, and pain) in the eyes and the pats f the bdy
Wh Gets Behçet's Disease
Behçet's disease is mmn in sme pats f the wd, bt it is ae in the nited States. Athgh pepe f a ages an devep the disease, it mainy affets pepe in thei 20's 30's.
What ases Behçet's Disease?
Neay a f the symptms f Behçet's disease ae de t an infammatin f the bd vesses. Dts aen't se what ases this infammatin. Sme pepe may have inheited (passed n fm paent t hid) a pbem with the immne system that makes them me ikey t devep the disease. F these pepe, ntat with sbstanes in the envinment, sh as bateia vises, may ase the immne system t attak the bd vesses. Behçet's disease is nt ntagis; it is nt spead fm ne pesn t anthe.
What Ae the Symptms f Behçet's Disease?
The symptms f Behçet's disease diffe fm ne pesn t the next. Sme pepe have ny mid symptms, sh as ses in the mth, whie thes have me sevee pbems, sh as visin ss.
The five mst mmn symptms f Behçet's disease ae:
* Mth ses
* Genita ses
* the skin ses
* Sweing f pats f the eye
* Athitis (pain, sweing, and stiffness in the jints).
ess mmn symptms inde:
* Meningitis (infammatin f the membanes that ve the bain and spina d)
* Bd ts
* Infammatin in the digestive system (the pats f the bdy that digest fd)
* Bindness.
Symptms may appea, disappea, and then eappea. The times when a pesn is having symptms ae aed faes
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Hw Is Behçet's Disease Diagnsed?
Behçet's disease is had t diagnse bease:
* The symptms d nt say appea a at ne
* Thee ae the inesses that have simia symptms
* Thee is n singe test t diagnse Behçet's disease.
The symptms that ae key t diagnsing Behçet's disease inde:
* Mth ses at east thee times in 12 mnths
* Any tw f the fwing:
* Genita ses that g away and me bak
* Eye infammatin with ss f visin
* Ses n the skin
* Psitive skin pik test (the appeaane f sma ed bmps when the skin is piked with a neede).
Bease it may take mnths even yeas f a the mmn symptms t appea, the diagnsis may nt be made f a ng time. Patients an hep thei dts t diagnse Behçet's disease by keeping a ed f thei symptms and when they .
What Kind f Dt Teats a Patient With Behçet's Disease?
Behçet's disease affets many diffeent pats f the bdy. In de t teat thei symptms, patients may have t see sevea kinds f dts, inding:
* Dematgists (dts wh teat skin disdes)
* hematgists (dts wh teat athitis and the infammaty disdes)
* phthamgists (eye dts)
* Gynegists (dts wh teat wmen's sex gans)
* gists (dts wh teat badde nditins and men's sex gans).
It may be hepf t have ne dt t manage teatment and mnit side effets fm the mediatin.
Hw Is Behçet's Disease Teated?
The ga f teatment is t ede pain and pevent seis pbems. mmn teatments inde:
* tisteids (mediatin t ede pain and infammatin)
* Immnsppessive dgs (mediatin that heps nt the immne system, ede infammatin, and pevent disease faes)
* est ding faes
* Mdeate exeise, sh as swimming waking, ding peids f emissin (a disappeaane f symptms).
an Behçet's Disease Be ed?
Thee is n e f Behçet's disease, bt mst pepe an nt symptms with teatment.
What eseah Is Being Dne n Behçet's Disease?
eseahes ae exping:
* Impved dg teatments
* The e f etain genes in the devepment f the disease
* The e f fats in the envinment, sh as bateia and the vis that ases d ses
